We greeted Juju this morning with the Happy Birthday song and a plate of favorites for breakfast - lox and cream cheese on a bagel.
Her lunchbox meal included some more favorites - orange slices, carrots, and sushi! Also served but not shown is pasta in the shape of Arthur, (one of her favorite characters from the book and PBS show) and a smoothie made with Greek honey yogurt, milk, bananas, and strawberries. I wanted to do something fun like write something with food or put a note in her lunchbox but since Juju can't read, I figured it was a wasted effort.
After lunch we'll join Juju in her classroom for a treat and a story. Loyal readers are already familiar with the strict food rules at Juju's school so I opted for an inoffensive snack of fruit skewers. Well I suppose the pointy ends of the skewers could be hazardous but we'll be careful.
A word of advice if you plan to make fruit skewers -- buy the fruit well in advance. I bought a lot of it last night in a rush and didn't pay attention to what was ripe and what wasn't. The result was a lot of hard fruit I couldn't serve to kids. Oh well, at least the strawberries and oranges are sweet.
Dinner completes the day of favorites. We'll have corn, broccoli, mahi mahi and lamb chops. I'll try to post photos later. Happy Birthday!
As Ateqah said to me today, Juju has the most sophisticated palate.
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